Extractor for bottle-corks.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

-- A.'P. WATT. v EXTRAOTOR FOR BOTTLE GORKS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1907.

INVENTOR.

W VJMIEZVZWZZ ATTORNEYS ANDREW P. WATT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

EXTRACTOR FOR BOTTLE-CORKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed January 7. 1907. Serial No. 135L192.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW P. WATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Extractor for Bottle- I Corks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to extractors for bottle corks and its object is to provide a flexible tape connected to the cork in such a manner as to prevent the contents of the bottle from contacting with and rotting or otherwise weakeningthe tape after the parts have been within the bottle for some time. Heretofore in devices of this character it has been customary to thread the tape through openings within the cork near the bottom thereof with the result that when an outward pull is exerted upon the cork through the tape ex tending therethrou h theinner end of the cork, which binds W'ltlfl considerable ressure upon the bottle neck, has been torn rom the balanceof the. cork and left in the bottle neck.

One of the objects of the present invention is to so form the cork and to so dispose the tape therein as to prevent the breaking of the cork when the same is pulled outward.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cork extractor which also can be utilized for removing the tin foil cap which is often placed upon the neck of the bottle containing the cork.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Fi ure 1 is a section through a portion of a bottle and showing the cork and its extractor. inposition; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the cork and showing the extracting tape wound thereon in a modified manner; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the cork and showing the extracting-tape extending longitudinally thereof; and Fig. 4 is asection through a portion of a bottle and showing the cork partly extracted.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 isa bottle neck of any preferred form adapted to be closed by a cork 2 having a slit 3 extending thereinto at an incline from its periphery adjacent the inner end tions of the cork.

thereof. This slit extends slightly past the longitudinal center of the cork and receives a tape 4 formed of any suitable fabric or other material and which is preferably. saturated with paraffin or any other protecting substance which serves to preserve the same from the action of the contents of the bottle should any of them work through or into the cork.

In using the device herein described the tape is first placed upon the outer faceof the cork in any preferred manner. As shown in Fig. l the ends of the tape can be wrapped around the cork in opposite directions and as shown in Fig. 2 said ends can be wrapped in the same direction. Still another arrangementisthat disclosed in Figs. 3 and at wherein the tape is not" wrapped but, insteadyis extended longitudinally along opposite por- After the tape has been disposed in desired relation to the cork, said cork and the tape are forced into the neck in the usual manner and the ends of the tape extended longitudinally along the outer face of opposite portions of the neck 1. A tin foil cap 5 can then be clamped about the neck and over the cork in the usual manner so that the ends of the tape will be exposed. When it is desired to extract the cork the two ends of the tape are pulled upward and outward so as to tear the cap 5 from the bottle. A steady upward pull is then exerted upon the tape and this will cause the cork to be drawn longitudinally from the neck 1.

It is well known that in some forms of bottles'the inner end of the cork is permitted to slightly expand so as'to securely hold the cork in place and by providing slits 3 in the lower portions of corks of this character said lower portions will contract during the extractingoperation, as shown in Fig. 4-, the tongue 3 formed by the slit 3 being deflected downward as shown in said Fig. 4 by the con traction of the cork end. While this advantage is noticeable particularly in corks which exp and at their inner ends it is also apparent in any form of cork stopperf As heretofore stated it has been customary heretofore to thread the tape through the lower portion of the .cork and when the same is pulled outward that portion of the cork below the tape often becomes torn from the body of the cork and remains wedged within the neck. Obviously by slitting the inner end of the cork in the manner described and shown, the said end will contract to such an extent during the extraction of the cork as to prevent the tearing of the cork in the manner stated.

An important feature of the present invention is the provision of a tape which is removed from the lower or inner end of the cork and can not therefore be directly con tacted by the liquid Within the bottle.

Moreover, if any portion of the liquid percolate through the cork it will not injure the 'tape because of the paraffin coating with which it is provided.

Vhat isolaimed is:

1. A stopper having a slit extending thereend, said slit being disposed in a plane extending transversely through the stopper and at an angle to the end thereof to form a tongue gradually diminishing in thickness toward its end.

3. A stopper having a slit extending thereinto from the periphery thereof adjacent one end, said slit being disposed in a plane extending transversely through the stopper and at an angle to the end thereof to form a tongue gradually diminishing in thickness toward its ends, and a tape seated within the slit and having its end portions wrapped about the stopper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW P. WATT.

Witnesses:

E. HUME TALBERT, HERBERT D. LAWSON. 

